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Species Stigmella nigriverticella - Hodges#0089

Representative Images

Nepticulidae IMG_4268 - Stigmella nigriverticella - male Nepticula macrocarpae - Stigmella nigriverticella moth - Stigmella nigriverticella Pelham Road leaf miner Stigmella on Quercus pagoda D4658B 2023 3 - Stigmella nigriverticella Pelham Road leaf miner Stigmella on Quercus pagoda D4658B 2023 4 - Stigmella nigriverticella Stigmella nigriverticella Pennsylvania Moth - Stigmella nigriverticella Pennsylvania Moth - Stigmella nigriverticella
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
Family Nepticulidae
Genus Stigmella
No Taxon (saginella group)
Species nigriverticella (Stigmella nigriverticella - Hodges#0089)

Hodges Number

0089

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stigmella nigriverticella (Chambers, 1875)
Nepticula nigriverticella Chambers, 1875
Nepticula maculosella Chambers, 1880

Explanation of Names

Nepticula maculosella Chambers, 1880 was synonymized with Stigmella nigriverticella (Chambers, 1875) by Braun (1917).

See Also

This species has been confused with Stigmella macrocarpae in the past. According to Erik van Nieukerken, S. macrocarpae has a wider pale fascia in the middle of the wing; for example:

This specimen has been confirmed as S. nigriverticella:

Print References

Braun, 1917. North American Nepticulidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 43: 194.
Chambers, 1875: 118. (1)
Chambers, 1879. Descriptions of some new Tineina. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 2: 193. (maculosella Chambers)
Forbes, 1923: 95. (2)
Newton & Wilkinson, 1982 (3)
Wilkinson, C.W. & M.J. Scoble, 1979. The Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 111 (S107): 1-129.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.Tineina of the Central United States
Chambers, V.T. 1875. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science. 2(2): 97-121.
2.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
3.A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
Philip J. Newton, Christopher Wilkinson. 1982. Systematic Entomology, 7(4): 367-463.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Ken Childs on 5 October, 2015 - 11:16pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, ceiseman, Blocky
Last updated 3 December, 2020 - 4:10am

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